D pairings are the same. Wilson the healthy scratch.
A slice of video from the morning skate, inside the very nice Philips Arena – not being sarcastic, it’s a nice building. Tickets go for as little as $10 for tonight’s game too. Come on down.

Yip, Stastny will be difference makers tonight. If they aren’t effective, neither will the Avs be.

NickQuebec

time for YIP to shine..

Syrup

Lets hope they are effective tonight…If only we had a center thats been on a hot streak of late and a veteran winger off to the best start of his career…Yeah, If we had those guys we could overlook Stastny having an off night and Yip not getting the message from Sacco.

Yip, Stastny will be difference makers tonight. If they aren’t effective, neither will the Avs be.

NickQuebec

time for YIP to shine..

Syrup

Lets hope they are effective tonight…If only we had a center thats been on a hot streak of late and a veteran winger off to the best start of his career…Yeah, If we had those guys we could overlook Stastny having an off night and Yip not getting the message from Sacco.

NickQuebec

if you’re asking me which NHL Franchise would i like to see in Quebec between Florida, Atlanta, NYIslanders and Phoenix… Atlanta Trashers would be my first choice…solid in the net with Pavelec , Byfuglien, Enstrom and Bogosian on defense.. skill and toughness on offense with Kane, Little, Burmistrov, Bergfors, Ladd, Stewart, Eager, Boulton,and Thorburn… my kind of hockey !

NickQuebec

if you’re asking me which NHL Franchise would i like to see in Quebec between Florida, Atlanta, NYIslanders and Phoenix… Atlanta Trashers would be my first choice…solid in the net with Pavelec , Byfuglien, Enstrom and Bogosian on defense.. skill and toughness on offense with Kane, Little, Burmistrov, Bergfors, Ladd, Stewart, Eager, Boulton,and Thorburn… my kind of hockey !

Sean

The real question for tonight should be –

Which player or players will we lose to some kind of long term injury? Seems to have been a trend lately. Guess we shouldn’t be surprised to find out sometime tonight that Duchene or Hejduk went down with a torn ACL or something.

As for the score, I’ll say 3-2, Atlanta wins.

Sean

The real question for tonight should be –

Which player or players will we lose to some kind of long term injury? Seems to have been a trend lately. Guess we shouldn’t be surprised to find out sometime tonight that Duchene or Hejduk went down with a torn ACL or something.

As for the score, I’ll say 3-2, Atlanta wins.

Peterman

Finally, Sacco gives Yip a shot. This will pay off

Peterman

Finally, Sacco gives Yip a shot. This will pay off

Chris

Give the linesman a primary assist on the Fleishmann goal.

Chris

Give the linesman a primary assist on the Fleishmann goal.

Racer X

RE: dutchy’s assist on Avs goal #3. Take THAT anyone who thinks that secondary assists are meaningless!

Racer X

RE: dutchy’s assist on Avs goal #3. Take THAT anyone who thinks that secondary assists are meaningless!

mike in littleton

Without the linesman getting in the way of the clearing attempt by the Thrashers penalty killers, Fleishmann’s goal never happens. It was the one and only reason the Avs were able to get back in the game. To that point, regardless of the disparity in shots on goal, the Thrashers were playing very well. Referee/Linesman interference should result in the play being blown dead and a faceoff happening on the dot closest to the interference. The Thrashers got screwed on that play, and this is coming from an Avs fan.

ard8

Ever hear of the expression “that’s hockey”?

That’s hockey. It’s a game of skill, brute force and a heavy dash of luck. If you don’t have any good luck, your team goes nowhere.

The Avs dominated much of this game. When a team does that, there’s another popular expression that goes something like this: “they made their own luck.”

Yeah, the Avs played well enough that they made their own luck. You also don’t seem to know the rules. Pucks hit officials all the time, it’s part of the game. The Thrashers didn’t get screwed, they ran into a little bad luck. Typically, when you’re dominated in a game and have a little bad luck, you lose.

That’s hockey.

mike in littleton

Hey Shit For Brains –

I said the play SHOULD be blown dead. That’s called a fucking opinion.

Try reading.

BillL

If you’re really an Avs fan, then you know the Avs already this season have been victimized by “Ref interference” resulting in critical goals against. Just ask J.M. Liles if you don’t believe me.

The rules of hockey state that a puck hitting a ref is considered “rub of the green”. Play on!

mike in littleton

I repeat :

Hey Shit For Brains –

I said the play SHOULD be blown dead. That’s called a fucking opinion.

Did I insult you? Did I use profanity on a public blog? No, I game “an opinion” and said you didn’t know the rules of the game.

How old are you? 12? You’re clearly not an adult and it’s way past your bedtime.

mike in littleton

Hey Shit For Brains –

I said the play SHOULD be blown dead. That’s called a fucking opinion.

Try reading.

mike in littleton

Without the linesman getting in the way of the clearing attempt by the Thrashers penalty killers, Fleishmann’s goal never happens. It was the one and only reason the Avs were able to get back in the game. To that point, regardless of the disparity in shots on goal, the Thrashers were playing very well. Referee/Linesman interference should result in the play being blown dead and a faceoff happening on the dot closest to the interference. The Thrashers got screwed on that play, and this is coming from an Avs fan.

ard8

Ever hear of the expression “that’s hockey”?

That’s hockey. It’s a game of skill, brute force and a heavy dash of luck. If you don’t have any good luck, your team goes nowhere.

The Avs dominated much of this game. When a team does that, there’s another popular expression that goes something like this: “they made their own luck.”

Yeah, the Avs played well enough that they made their own luck. You also don’t seem to know the rules. Pucks hit officials all the time, it’s part of the game. The Thrashers didn’t get screwed, they ran into a little bad luck. Typically, when you’re dominated in a game and have a little bad luck, you lose.

That’s hockey.

BillL

If you’re really an Avs fan, then you know the Avs already this season have been victimized by “Ref interference” resulting in critical goals against. Just ask J.M. Liles if you don’t believe me.

The rules of hockey state that a puck hitting a ref is considered “rub of the green”. Play on!

Did I insult you? Did I use profanity on a public blog? No, I game “an opinion” and said you didn’t know the rules of the game.

How old are you? 12? You’re clearly not an adult and it’s way past your bedtime.

Chris

Avs record now 14-15. This is not going to be good enough to make the playoffs. I have a feeling that Ovechkin and the Caps are going to destroy the Avs tomorrow night. Lucky, lucky win against Atlanta. Washington is a far, far better team.

ard8

Thanks for the prediction Chris. What do we get if you’re wrong?

Nothing? Then your prediction is worthless.

And isn’t it funny how purists like to add OT and SO losses to losses when what those OT and SO losses are actually replacing are TIES? The Avs record is not 14-15, it’s actually what the standings say it is: 14-10—-and 4?

So purists think 10 plus 4 equals 15?

John

What? Where do you get 14-15 from? Presuming you’re stating they have a zero in the OT loss column, that gives them 28 points. In reality, their record is 14-10-4 which totals 32 points, one behind division-leading Vancouver.

Chris

Avs record now 14-15. This is not going to be good enough to make the playoffs. I have a feeling that Ovechkin and the Caps are going to destroy the Avs tomorrow night. Lucky, lucky win against Atlanta. Washington is a far, far better team.

ard8

Thanks for the prediction Chris. What do we get if you’re wrong?

Nothing? Then your prediction is worthless.

And isn’t it funny how purists like to add OT and SO losses to losses when what those OT and SO losses are actually replacing are TIES? The Avs record is not 14-15, it’s actually what the standings say it is: 14-10—-and 4?

So purists think 10 plus 4 equals 15?

John

What? Where do you get 14-15 from? Presuming you’re stating they have a zero in the OT loss column, that gives them 28 points. In reality, their record is 14-10-4 which totals 32 points, one behind division-leading Vancouver.

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.

Chambers covers college and professional hockey for The Denver Post. He has written for the Post since 1994, after dumping his first 9-to-5 office job a couple years out of college. He primarily follows the University of Denver hockey team and helps cover the Avalanche.